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#176: Accounting for taste
Years may pass before you feel like you’re onto something, and this process will likely involve plugging your ears to the siren song of trends until you realize you actually have the same sensibility you had as a kid, it’s just grown up now. I like the word sensibility, I’ve started using it instead of taste when I’m trying to tap into something... See more
#197: What is "personal style"?
Taste is about discovery, having interest in things, and making a lot of mistakes. It’s about trying to find the authentic set of choices that both reflect your own background, but also the choices and discoveries that you have made consciously and deliberately. It's always changing and it's also always in reflection of what everyone else is doing... See more
Tahirah Hairston • RLT Interview #4: W. David Marx, Writer
Years may pass before you feel like you’re onto something, and this process will likely involve plugging your ears to the siren song of trends until you realize you actually have the same sensibility you had as a kid, it’s just grown up now. I like the word sensibility, I’ve started using it instead of taste when I’m trying to tap into something... See more
Haley Nahman • #197: What is "personal style"?
Part of the reason fashion is so complicated to love is its inextricable link with vanity—to put time and energy into it is to walk a tight-rope with your self-respect. Do you get dressed to honor, express, or delight in yourself, or to fit into someone else’s idea of worthiness? Do your clothes enable you to be present and engaged or do they push... See more